Woman, Behold Your Son!         John 19:25-27

"Then when Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, Woman, behold your son! Then He said to the disciple, Behold your mother! And from that hour that disciple took her into his own home." (John 19:26-27)

The third saying of Jesus was for His mother and John, the disiple whom He loved. When she saw the sufferings of Jesus, when she saw her own Son was crucified, as a mother, Mary's heart must have been broken. Amidst all things that happened, Jesus still thought about His mother. It was such a wonderful thing that even on the Cross, Jesus still thought about the needs of His mother. The responsibility as a son was not being forgotten that easily by Him. He kept His commitment as a son even when He was on the Cross.

Realizing that His time was coming near, Jesus entrusted His mother to one of His disciples so that he would have taken care of her. This was a very touching moment. Actually Jesus had brothers, but the Scriptures recorded that not one of them was present during His crucifixion. And the closest relative that He had at that moment was John, His cousin, and so Jesus entrusted His mother to him.

Until the last second of His life, Jesus has shown an example of a son that has done good deeds to His parents. We must be thankful for our parents that God has placed in our lives. As a child, have we done our responsibilities? Have we shown them our attention and love? Can we learn from Jesus, where even in times of suffering and pain, we can still give our attention to our parents? Hopefully this devotional can help us to be children that really look up to our parents, so they can see the glory and love of God from our lives.


••• Wednesday, April 07, 2004 •••